Use and Care Manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Scope
- 2 Reference publications
- 3 Definitions and abbreviations
- 4 Design requirements
- 4.1 Supply fittings
- 4.2 Servicing
- 4.3 Installation
- 4.4 Threaded connections
- 4.5 Connections other than threaded connections
- 4.6 Accessible designs
- 4.7 Backflow prevention
- 4.8 Cover plates and escutcheons
- 4.9 Toxicity and lead content
- 4.10 Frost-proof faucets and hydrants
- 4.11 Showerheads, body sprays, and hand-held showers
- 4.12 Cross-flow
- 4.13 Fittings incorporating electrical features
- 4.14 Materials
- 4.15 Automatic compensating valve temperature control
- 4.16 Lawn faucets
- 4.17 Flexible water connectors
- 4.18 High-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves
- 4.19 Household hot water dispensers with storage electrical heating systems
- 5 Performance requirements and test procedures
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Coatings
- 5.3 Pressure and temperature
- 5.4 Flow rate
- 5.5 Operating requirements
- 5.6 Life cycle
- 5.7 Resistance to installation loading
- 5.8 Resistance to use loading
- 5.9 Backflow prevention
- 5.10 Lawn faucets
- 5.11 Alternative materials test
- 5.12 High-efficiency showerheads and hand-held showers
- 5.13 High-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves
- 6 Markings, packaging, and installation instructions
- Annex A (informative) Unit conversion and rounding criteria
- Annex B (normative) Tests by fitting type
ASME A112.18.1-2018/CSA B125.1-18 Plumbing supply fittings
July 2018 © 2018 Canadian Standards Association
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b) single-control valves.
Note: Graphically includes colour.
6.3 Packaging
6.3.1
Packaging shall be marked with
a) the manufacturer’s recognized name, trademark, or other mark as well as the model number; or
b) in the case of private labelling, the name, trademark, or other mark of the customer for whom the
fitting was manufactured as well as the model number.
6.3.2
Packaging for showerheads and hand-held showers shall be marked with the manufacturer’s specified
maximum flow rate verified in accordance with Clause 5.4.2.3.2 a) or 5.12.2.1 (high-efficiency), and
either Item a) or b), as follows:
a) the
manufacturer’s specified minimum flow rate at 310 ± 7 kPa (45 ± 1 psi) verified in
accordance
with
Clause 5.4.2.3.2 b) or 5.12.2.2.1 (high-efficiency), (e.g., minimum 5.7 L/min (1.5 gpm)
at
45
psi); or
b) the
statement “For use with automatic compensating valves rated at xxx L/min (yyy gpm) or
less”,
where
xxx L/min (yyy gpm) is the manufacturer’s specified minimum flow rate verfied
in
accordance
with Clause 5.4.2.3.2 b) or 5.12.2.2.1 (high-efficiency).
6.3.3
Packaging for kitchen, lavatory, and metering faucets shall be marked with the manufacturer’s specified
maximum flow rate, in L/min and gpm or L/cycle and gpc, verified in accordance with
Clause 5.4.2.3.1 b).
6.3.4
High-efficiency showerheads, body sprays, and hand-held showers shall not be packaged, marked, or
provided with instructions directing the user to an alternative water-use setting that would override the
maximum flow rate specified in Clause 5.12.2.1. Instructions related to the maintenance of the devices,
including changing or cleaning showerhead components, shall direct the user on how to return the
device to its intended maximum flow rate.
6.4 High-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves
6.4.1
High-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves shall be marked with the manufacturer’s specified
maximum flow rate determined in accordance with Clause 5.13.2 and expressed in L/min (gpm).
6.4.2
Packaging or other included literature for high-efficiency commercial pre-rinse spray valves shall be
marked with the
a) manufacturer
’s maximum flow rate in accordance with Clause 5.13.2; and
b) the
minimum spray force determined in accordance with Clause 5.13.3.